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G. T. KELTING.

COMBINED COLLAR BUTTON AND NEGKT IE FASTENER.

Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

N. PETERS. Phnwumo n hu, Washington. DJ;

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE THEODORE KELTING, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,044, dated April 21, 1885.

Application filed August 21, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. KELTING, of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combined collarbutton and necktie-holder, the object being to provide a convenient device of this character which will obviate the employment of elastic loops on neckties and the usual neckband on scarfs when the lattenare worn with turndown collars.

The invention consistsin the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates my improvement applied to a scarf. Fig. 2 is aview in perspective of the combined button and necktie-holder detached, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

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A represents a collar-button provided with a projecting shank, a. B is a horizontal bar secured to the outer end of the shank a, and provided with depending eudhooks, C 0, adapted to engage a necktie. This bar B should be of a length sufficient to properly balance and support the necktie in place.

In using the device the button Ais inserted through the front button'holes of the collarband and neckband of the shirt, thus securing the collar and leaving the hooks C O depending to receive the necktie.

Having fully described my invention,what I GEORGE THEODORE KELTING.

Witnesses:

COSTREN POGGENZEE, ERNEST E. HOFFMAN. 

